PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(15 May 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people graduated as midwives in each of the last ten years.
Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) publish data on the number of qualifiers, with a permanent address in England, from undergraduate midwifery courses. The following table shows the number of qualifiers from undergraduate midwifery courses with a permanent address in England between 2019 and 2024:
Year | Qualifiers |
2019 | 2,005 |
2020 | 1,895 |
2021 | 2,380 |
2022 | 2,695 |
2023 | 2,830 |
2024 | 2,725 |
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency, Qualifiers by Subject.
A qualifier is defined by HESA as a student who gained a qualification during the academic year in question. HESA has not published qualifier figures for midwifery courses before 2019 or after 2024.
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